[Leica] Photography student questioned by police after photographingbridge

[dpost at triad.rr.com (Dan Post)]

Perhaps as a tribute to the turbulent 60's, we might refer to it as a....
durst I say it, forsooth-
" A Shootenanny"

:o)~




----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Peter Klein" <pklein@2alpha.net>
To: <lug@leica-users.org>
Sent: Tuesday, August 03, 2004 9:14 PM
Subject: [Leica] Photography student questioned by police after
photographingbridge


>
> A couple of days ago there was a photographic protest there.  Lots of
> young people showed up at the Ballard Locks with point-and-shoots and the
> occasional SLR.  They snapped away in solidarity with the mixed-race guy
> who'd been questioned by police and agents of the Department of
> You-Know-What for taking pictures in one of Seattle's most-photographed
> tourist sites--an act that an agent of said department claimed was
> illegal.
>
> A photo of these Kids with Kameras made our local section's first
> page yesterday.
>
> I'd hesitate to call the event a "shoot-in" for obvious reasons.  And
> "snap-in" has other connotations.  :-)
>
> --Peter
>
> Kyle Cassidy <KCassidy@asc.upenn.edu> wrote:
>
> > This is a nicely done website about one students experience with the
> > current anti-photography paranoia.
> > http://69.93.170.43/#
>
>
>
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